Is it human forgiveness that allows dictators and war criminals

to escape with impunity?

I will not forgive one of them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/indonesia/Story/0,,2240106,00.html
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As former Indonesian President Suharto lay dying in a Jakarta hospital last night, it seemed the nation, which he ruled with a repressive and often brutal hand for 32 years, had almost forgiven him.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged people to remember Suharto's achievements after cutting short an official visit to Malaysia to return home to monitor the former dictator's condition. Suharto's heart had stopped and his lungs and kidneys failed on Friday night but he was revived by a team of 40 doctors. He is still on respiratory support and has shown signs of intestinal bleeding, doctors said.


A parade of the country's political and business elite has entertained the hundreds of reporters camped outside Pertamina Hospital in south Jakarta since Suharto was admitted a week ago. Even human rights activists have come to leave flowers for the 86-year-old.

He is on the same level as any of the world's worst dictators.

I'm an atheist.